Rail-joint.



No. 739,823. PATENTED SEPT. 29, 1903. J. S. & N. R. BRIBL.

RAIL JOINT. urmonxox mum mm: 9 1903.

N0 MODEL.

No. 739,823. I

UNITED STATES atented September 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

RAIL-JOINT. a

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 739,823, datedSeptember 29, 1903.

Application filed June 9, 1903. $erial No. 150,689. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, JOHN S. BRIEL and NICOL R. BRIEL, citizens oftheUnited States, residing at Brownsville, in the county of Fayette andState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement inRail- Joints, of which improvement the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements inrail-joints, and relates more particularly to that class of jointswherein a continuous tread for the wheel is obtained.

The object of this invention is to provide a rail-joint whereby acontinuous tread is presented to the surface of the. wheel and in whichthe two sections of the rails to be joined are securely and permanentlyheld in place without the use of bolts 0r nuts.

Describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which likereference-numerals indicate like parts throughou t the several views, inwhich- Figure 1 is a side elevation of our improved rail-joint inposition on the ends of two rails. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same.Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view. Fig. 4 is a view showing the formationof the ends of the rails to be joined in elevation. Fig. 5 is a planview of the same. Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view of one of thesplice-bars used in this joint. is used in making the joint between tworailsections.

Reference-numeral 1 indicates one section of the rail which is to bejoined, and 2 the other section thereof. Both of these sections have thetread of the rail cut on a Z shape,

as clearly shown in Fig. eg said sections being adapted, when the railsare in the joined position, to have these Z-shape cuts overlap eachother, thereby presenting a continuous tread. The web 1 of therail-section 1 is so cut that it extends beyond the end of the Z-.

cut and the base extended, as shown in Fig.

Fig. 7 is a view showing the tool which 4, these different lengths beingfor the purpose of better securing the rail and preventing thedisplacement of the same.

The base of both members 1 and 2 has provided therein apertures 3, andone ofthe fishplates, such as illustrated in Fig. 5, is provided withthe beveled projections 4 4, which when the same is in position engagethe apertures 3, thereby preventing the displacement of the tworail-sections. The upper end of these fish-plates has a projection 5,which when the same is in place is adapted to enter into a notch or slot6, formed underneath the tread of the rails at either side of the web,as clearly shown in Fig. 3. The fish-plates have also provided thereinnotches 7, through which the spikes are driven for the purpose ofsecuring the same against lateral displacement. In placing this joint inposition the rails are placed in their proper positions upon the ties,the splice-bar 8 is placed in position, and the splice-bar 9 is forcedinto the position shown in Fig. 3 by the tool shown therefor in Fig. 7.In assuming this position the lug 4 is forced into the apertures 3, andthe said plate will thus be sprung into its proper position and heldtherein by said lugs and extensions 5.

While we have herein described our invention in detail, it will be notedthat various slight details maybe made in the same without departingfrom the general spirit of the invention.

Having fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a rail-joint, the combination of Z- shaped cuts formed on the endsof the rails to be joined, the web and base thereof being of differentlengths for the purpose of interlocking the same, apertures formed inthe base of the rails on one side of the web, a 1ongitudinal slot formedin the underside of the head of the rail, adjacent to the web, and afish-plate having a projection adapted to fit within said slot, and lugsadapted to be sprung into the apertures formed in the base of the railwhen the same is in position.

I 2. In a device of the character described, the combination of railshaving their ends rail, substantially as and for the purposes described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presenceof two sub- .15 scribing witnesses.

JOHN S. BRIEL. 'NICOL R. BRIEL.

, In presence 0'f F. O. HENZI, M. O. WELSH.

